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A Review of Growing, Up North

Life through the lenses of a girl child from a minor ethnic group in North-Eastern Nigeria This book was given to me as a gift! At the reading party of this beautiful piece of writing, a poet did a giveaway which opened up an opportunity for this review to be…

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A Review of Growing, Up North
A Review of Growing, Up North
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The Love you deprive yourself

January is approaching the end of its Life-cycle, Yay! But we all know what comes next, that’s the Valentine’s Day festivities. The paired humans show off their undying love and devotion to one another, in full view of other beings. The unpaired ones either lament & bemoan their tough luck…

Love

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The Love you deprive yourself
The Love you deprive yourself
Love

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Short.

Everyone knows life is short but death always puts into perspective just how short. We are always living with the subconsciousness of how fleeting and temporary this world is. It is a big fear for many people- dying. Well, my year started with lighting a candle for a dear friend…

Short

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Short.
Short.
Short

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15 hours ago

May I confess?

Flash Fiction — Before you left me, I had already painted a vivid picture of our future together. Our progression from the firm and round breasts to flat and saggy sacks. Our supple and popping skins yield to the withering of wrinkles and old age. I envisioned how your afro will look, all…

Friendship

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May I confess?
May I confess?
Friendship

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5 days ago

Let me know how I can help

I love helping. — I may have gotten that bit from my mother who will always go out of her way to find a solution for you. No matter how inconveniencing, she’ll do it. But one thing I, unfortunately, did not get, is the courage to always ask for help from people who are…

Help

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Let me know how I can help
Let me know how I can help
Help

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Jan 12

Questions I hate to Answer

Hey there! Happy New Year. How’s it going on your end? I am sure you’ve been flooded with an array of advices to have a plan, to write them down, buzzwords like vision board, mind map, year planner will most likely be the most common features on our collective timelines…

Questions

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Questions I hate to Answer
Questions I hate to Answer
Questions

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Dec 31, 2022

It shall be Per-man-ment

I have a fear of permanence. — There I said it. I am tired of being ‘normal’ about this. The truth is, I obsessively think about this concept as much as I do the inevitable end of all mankind — death. Life, as beautiful and powerful as it is, is limited by its temporal nature. So why…

Permanent

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It shall be Per-man-ment
It shall be Per-man-ment
Permanent

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Dec 5, 2022

Kyauta

Gift — One of the most common ways to show or express love is by giving gifts. Gifts can be given in the form of tangible things like presents and intangible things like presence, quality time, words of affirmation, service etc. Yes, All of these things are gifts too. We have been…

Gifts

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Kyauta
Kyauta
Gifts

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Nov 26, 2022

You’ll be fine if you didn’t want too much.

It is your ambitions that are hurting you — “If to say you dey dream small small like everyone else, nothing for dey haunt you for night wey eye no fit sleep. But you no gree, you swear say na global impact you wan make. Na him dey make you see shege.” “Be realistic.” “Guy, you no fit change…

Ambition

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You’ll be fine if you didn’t want too much.
You’ll be fine if you didn’t want too much.
Ambition

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Nov 19, 2022

Heels and Brains

The Harmattan Conference Brain: Hey guys, harmattan is here oh, let’s be guided. You, Nose! You’ll be the first to start weeping, you better stay put inside the face masks. Nose: Ah ahn. Why na? Why are you atta attac aacchooo attacking me? Brain: you see am? Nose: sniffles Brain…

Crack

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Heels and Brains
Heels and Brains
Crack

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